It has been awhile since I have been on a shopping trip with my coupons to pick up only free or almost free items. I decided to go out today since it was raining and I knew that the stores would probably be less crowded. Well, today I picked up these items for a combined total of $2.08. Not bad. I recently wrote an article on not finding great coupons in the papers anymore. I had a couple of okay coupons that had been in my stash for a little while, so I was able to use them before they expired. The dish detergent and Carefree products came from Rite Aid. I was able to get all of those items for $1.66. The dish detergent was on sale for $0.88 each. I used a $1.00 off 2 coupon and a $1.00 Rite Aid Video Value coupon. The Carefree was 2 for $2.00. I used the $1.00 off 2 Walgreen coupon and 2 $0.50 off 1 Carefree coupons. That's about $0.27 for each item. The gum was $0.89 for each Trident. I used a $2.00 off 3 Trident manufacturer coupon. That made the gum $0.40 for all three from Walgreen. There were free items, specifically candy, that I could have gotten from CVS. I did not get the candy because I am trying to cut down on buying any junk items. So, I passed on that freebie. I'll just wait on my next exciting coupon shopping trip. Hopefully, the coupons will improve over time and I can continue to keep my stockpile from getting too low. Anytime or any items that I can add to my stockpile is always a welcome. Hopefully, you had great luck shopping this week with your coupons.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Shopping Trip with Coupons
It has been awhile since I have been on a shopping trip with my coupons to pick up only free or almost free items. I decided to go out today since it was raining and I knew that the stores would probably be less crowded. Well, today I picked up these items for a combined total of $2.08. Not bad. I recently wrote an article on not finding great coupons in the papers anymore. I had a couple of okay coupons that had been in my stash for a little while, so I was able to use them before they expired. The dish detergent and Carefree products came from Rite Aid. I was able to get all of those items for $1.66. The dish detergent was on sale for $0.88 each. I used a $1.00 off 2 coupon and a $1.00 Rite Aid Video Value coupon. The Carefree was 2 for $2.00. I used the $1.00 off 2 Walgreen coupon and 2 $0.50 off 1 Carefree coupons. That's about $0.27 for each item. The gum was $0.89 for each Trident. I used a $2.00 off 3 Trident manufacturer coupon. That made the gum $0.40 for all three from Walgreen. There were free items, specifically candy, that I could have gotten from CVS. I did not get the candy because I am trying to cut down on buying any junk items. So, I passed on that freebie. I'll just wait on my next exciting coupon shopping trip. Hopefully, the coupons will improve over time and I can continue to keep my stockpile from getting too low. Anytime or any items that I can add to my stockpile is always a welcome. Hopefully, you had great luck shopping this week with your coupons.
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